Andover Railway Station

Andover station serves the town of Andover, Hampshire UK. The station is served and operated by South West Trains. The station is 107 km (66½ miles) south west of London Waterloo on the West of England Main Line (London Waterloo-Exeter).

According to the Office of Rail Regulation statistics on rail trends for the year 2005, 982,255 exits and entries were made at Andover rail station, making it the 14th most used rail station in the county of Hampshire (including the unitary authority areas of Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council).

South West Trains have announced recently that they will add automatic ticket barriers in the near future.

History

The station was opened on July 3, 1854 and was previously known as Andover Junction, as it stood at the junction of the Exeter-London line and the now-defunct Midland and South Western Junction Railway running between Cheltenham, Swindon, Andover and Southampton Terminus. It was renamed Andover station on March 6, 1865.

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